Spurs
1 - 0
Liverpool

Liverpool hit with new injury blow in Tottenham game as Arne Slot makes peculiar substitution

Liverpool's Jarell Quansah and Curtis Jones pictured on December 9, 2024

Liverpool defender Jarell Quansah is forced off with an early injury in the Reds' EFL Cup semi-final first leg against Tottenham Hotspur.

Arne Slot delivers Jarell Quansah update after injury scare in Liverpool loss to Tottenham

Liverpool's Jarell Quansah comes off with an injury on January 8, 2025

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The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Tottenham Hotspur

All competitions

EFL Cup

Last Game: Spurs 1-2 Newcastle
Saturday, January 4 at 12.30pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Liverpool

All competitions

EFL Cup

Last Game: Liverpool 2-2 Man Utd
Sunday, January 5 at 4.30pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Liverpool win with a probability of 63.42%. A win for Tottenham Hotspur had a probability of 19.15% and a draw had a probability of 17.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Liverpool win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-3 (7.48%) and 0-2 (5.87%). The likeliest Tottenham Hotspur win was 2-1 (4.58%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (6.36%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 2.4% likelihood.

Result
Tottenham Hotspur	Draw	Liverpool
19.15% ( -1.73)	17.43% ( -0.37)	63.42% ( 2.11)

Both teams to score 70.96% (

-1.61)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

77.57% (

-0.79)

22.43% (

0.79)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

58.51% (

-1.09)

41.48% (

1.09)

Tottenham Hotspur Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.32% (

-1.88)

23.68% (

1.87)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.21% (

-2.78)

57.79% (

2.78)

Liverpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

92.97% (

0.17)

7.02% (

-0.18)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

74.32% (

0.47)

25.68% (

-0.47)

Score Analysis

Tottenham Hotspur 19.15%

Liverpool 63.42%

Draw 17.43%

Tottenham Hotspur	Draw	Liverpool
2-1 @ 4.58% ( -0.21) 3-2 @ 2.92% ( -0.28) 1-0 @ 2.4% ( 0) 3-1 @ 2.2% ( -0.23) 2-0 @ 1.73% ( -0.1) 4-2 @ 1.05% ( -0.17) 4-3 @ 0.93% ( -0.14) Other @ 3.33% Total : 19.15%	1-1 @ 6.36% ( 0.07) 2-2 @ 6.09% ( -0.22) 3-3 @ 2.59% ( -0.22) 0-0 @ 1.66% ( 0.09) Other @ 0.73% Total : 17.43%	1-2 @ 8.45% ( 0.17) 1-3 @ 7.48% ( 0.22) 0-2 @ 5.87% ( 0.43) 2-3 @ 5.39% ( -0.14) 0-3 @ 5.19% ( 0.43) 1-4 @ 4.97% ( 0.19) 0-1 @ 4.42% ( 0.29) 2-4 @ 3.58% ( -0.06) 0-4 @ 3.45% ( 0.31) 1-5 @ 2.64% ( 0.13) 2-5 @ 1.9% ( -0.01) 0-5 @ 1.83% ( 0.18) 3-4 @ 1.72% ( -0.13) 1-6 @ 1.17% ( 0.07) 3-5 @ 0.91% ( -0.06) Other @ 4.47% Total : 63.42%

How you voted: Spurs vs Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur

24.7%

Draw

10.6%

Liverpool

64.7%

Head to Head

Dec 22, 2024 4.30pm

Gameweek 17

3-6

Maddison (41'), Kulusevski (72'), Solanke (83')
Bergvall (79')

Diaz (23', 85'), Mac Allister (36'), Szoboszlai (45+1'), Salah (54', 61')
Gakpo (31'), Szoboszlai (52')

May 5, 2024 4.30pm

Gameweek 36

4-2

Salah (16'), Robertson (45'), Gakpo (50'), Elliott (59')
Alexander-Arnold (90+2')

Richarlison (72'), Heung-min (77')
Sarr (44'), van de Ven (47'), Emerson (57'), Emerson (62'), Bissouma (63')

Sep 30, 2023 5.30pm

Gameweek 7

2-1

Heung-min (36'), Matip (90+6' og.)
Udogie (45+3'), Bissouma (88'), Romero (89'), Porro (90+7'), Veliz (90+8')

Gakpo (45+4')
Mac Allister (40'), Salah (65'), Jota (68'), Robertson (87'), van Dijk (90+5')
Jones (26'), Jota (69')

Apr 30, 2023 4.30pm

Gameweek 34

4-3

Jones (3'), Diaz (5'), Salah (15' pen.), Jota (90+4')

Kane (40'), Heung-min (77'), Richarlison (90+3')

Nov 6, 2022 4.30pm

Gameweek 15

1-2

Kane (70')

Salah (11', 40')

Southampton 1-2 Liverpool

Form Guide

Spurs 1-2 Newcastle

Spurs 2-2 Wolves

Nott'm Forest 1-0 Spurs

Spurs 3-6 Liverpool

Spurs 4-3 Man Utd

Southampton 0-5 Spurs

Liverpool 2-2 Man Utd

West Ham 0-5 Liverpool

Liverpool 3-1 Leicester

Spurs 3-6 Liverpool

Liverpool 2-2 Fulham

Build-up

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